Julius hilbokn



J. HILBORN.

. CORSET.

No. 254,650. Patented Mar. 7,1882,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS HILBORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MORITZ (JOHN, OF SAMEPLACE.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,650, dated March'7, 1882.

Application filed December 8, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIUs HILBORN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Corsets,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide in the corset, in a simplemanner, the support which is necessary to the wearer and still affordfreedom for stooping or leaning movements.

The invention consists in a corset having in its sides groups of staysextending directly upward and downward, and groups of stays arrangeddiagonally in opposite directions, the said diagonally-arranged groupsof stays crossing each other, and also crossing the first mentionedgroups of stays, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of acorset constructed according to myinvention; and Fig. 2 represents atransverse section of the side section of the corset, upon the dottedline 00 m, Fig. 1, upon a larger scale. The thickness of the groups ofstays in Fig. 2 is exaggerated for the purpose of more clearlyillustrating the invention, and similar letters of reference designatecorresponding parts in both figures.

A designates the back section, B designates the front section, and O theside section, of the corset. On the side section are arranged groups ofparallel cords a a, constituting stays, which extend directly upward anddownward, and which are in this example of my invention inserted intothe corset and secured by lines of stitching between them, but which maybe stitched into bands or straps,which are stitched to the corset.

b b designate the groups of diagonally-arranged cords, which alsoconstitute stays, and which are placed on the side section, (3, of thecorset within or under correspondingly arranged bands D D, the saidbands being secured to the corset by stitching along their edges, andbeing also stitched to the cording a a at theirintersection therewith,and the cords being secured in the bands by stitching the bands betweenthem. These groups of cords running in opposite diagonal directionsconstitute two diagonal braces or stays, crossing each other abovethehip portion, and being sewed together and to the corset at theirintersection, they serve also to give sufficient support to the wearerin a direction around the corset, while they permit, to a certainextent, the free leaning or stooping movements of the wearer. Thisresult is obtained without any such interference with the desirableflexibility of the portion of the corset which fits the hips of thewearer as is unavoidable where cords or stays are arranged horizontallyon the lower portions of the sides of a corset.

This corset may be made of an y flexible fibrous material, and thecords, instead of being stitched into the bands, might be woventhereinto.

l have used the term sections as a lied to the parts A B O merely todescribe the back, front, and side portions of the corset. It is notproposed generally to make these portions of separate pieces ofmaterial, as they will generally be'woven together in one piece.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A corset having in its sides vertical groups of stays and groups ofstays arranged diagonally in opposite directions, the said diagornally-arranged groups of stays crossing each other, and also crossingthe said vertical groups of stays, substantially as herein described.

JULIUS HILBORN.

Witnesses EDWARD GLATZMAYER, EDWARD MORAN.

